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B.C.’s attorney general has already asked the federal justice minister for further reform of Canada’s laws on bail. Attorney General Niki Sharma made the pitch on Thursday, Justice Minister Sean ...
Requiring youth be routinely strip searched while in custody is unconstitutional and is a practice that should be stopped, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The ruling released Friday comes after ...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal partly allowed an appeal upon agreeing with an injured man’s argument that a judge erred by decreasing his non-pecuniary damages on the ground that he failed to ...
VICTORIA, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia ... Richard Miller. According to the Government, these appointments and reappointments will increase the capacity of the provincial court ...
Melissa Gillespie, chief judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia, has agreed to the BC attorney general’s request that she continue serving in the role until Dec. 31, 2026. An information ...
and Dennis Isaac Ferbey as judges and Patrick Angly as a judicial justice of the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Gillespie called it a “great pleasure and privilege” to make the announcement.
Martin Goguen has been named a sitting provincial court judge in Campbellton, New Brunswick. He becomes the 25th full-time provincial court judge. Prior to this appointment, he was the New Brunswick ...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Arif Virani, has announced several judicial appointments across British Columbia, Quebec, and the Tax Court of Canada ... Andrew Miller has also ...
The British Columbia government has named Ariana Ward, James Henry, Brian Dybwad, and Mylene de Guzman as new Provincial Court judges. Henry and Dybwad take up the posts on March 21, while Ward and de ...
The Honourable C. Richard Hewson, a Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Kelowna. Justice Hewson replaces ...
The Honourable C. Richard Hewson, a Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Kelowna. Justice Hewson replaces ...
Minister of Justice and Public Safety Bernard Davis has announced Andrew O. Brown's appointment as a judge of the Provincial Court in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. Brown brings over two ...